stave

noun

1. 1. any of the thin, shaped strips of wood or metal, set edge to edge to form or strengthen the wall of a barrel, bucket, etc.
   2. any similar slat, bar, rung, stay, etc.
2. a stick or staff
3. a set of verses, or lines, of a song or poem; stanza
4. Music staff (sense )

transitive verb staved or stove, staving

1. 1. to puncture or smash, esp. by breaking in a stave or staves
   2. to beat as with a staff
2. to furnish with staves

intransitive verb